LIDER Fellows
Meet the 2026 LIDER Fellows
Eduardo Alba
Dean of College of Science and Engineering
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador
M. Lorena Bejarano
Head of Mechanical Engineering
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador
Pedro Pablo Castro Garcia
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Las Americas Institute of Technology (ITLA), Dominican Republic
Magali Chait
Capital Campaign Director
Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Arturo Del Villar
Rector
Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Dominican Republic
Idi Isaac-Millan
Dean of Engineering School
Pontificia Bolivariana University, Colombia
Eva Cristina Manotas Rodríguez
Dean School of Mines
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL), Colombia
Linda Margarita Medina Herrera
Dean of the School of Engineering and Sciences, Central-West Region
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México
Nicolás Merener
Dean of Engineering
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina
Julio Noriega
Associate Dean for Strategy at the School of Engineering and Sciences
Tecnologico de Monterrey, México
Valeria Ochoa-Herrera
Coordinator of Environmental Management Office
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador
Erika Yuliana Ortiz Montoya
Director of Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Engineering
Universidad ICESI (Instituto Colombiano de Estudios Superiores de Incolda), Colombia
Mónica Ospino-Pinedo
Assistant Dean
Universidad De Cartagena, Colombia
Lyda Peńa Paz
Dean of Engineering and Basic Science School
Universidad Autónoma De Occidente, Colombia
Rómulo Salazar
Dean of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Production Sciences
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral - ESPOL, Ecuador
Jairo Useche
Director of Research
Technological University of Bolivar, Colombia